Paintbrush



June 1 1926.

-V G. ERICKSON ET AL PAINTBRUSH Filed Jan. 8, 1926 Clarence A. 6500 6811;

WITNESS lNVENTORg ATTORNEY of the brush which receives the material Patented June l, 1926?.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VERNON G. ERICKSON' AND CLARENCE A. GOODIBAUDY, OF YUMA, COLORADO.

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Application field January This invention relates to im rovements in paint brushes, the general ob ect of the invention being to provide means for preventing the paint or other material on the brush from running down the handle of the brush by forming a flange around the head dripping or running over the head from the bristles.

Another object of the invention is to make the handle of the brush hollow to receive the paint caught by the flange and to provide a valve for preventing the paint from run- 1 ning out of the handle when the brush is reversed or placed in horizontal position.

A further object of the invention is to make the bristle carrying part removable from the handle part, so that new bristles can be used with the old handle when the old bristles have become worn.

This invention also consists in certain other features ofconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing our invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the 'several views, andin which:-

I Figure 1 is a sectional view of the improved brush.

Figure 2 is an edge view thereof.

As shown in these views, the bristles 1 forming a unit in which a channel is provided with a groove 3 which passes, around the member. The stock 4 is formed'of metal and is adapted to receive the part 2, and said stock has a rib 5 formed thereon which will engage the groove 3, when the part 2 is forced into the stock to frictionally hold the part 2 in place. Thus when the bristles have become worn,'the part2 can be pulled from the stock and thrown away and a new bristle carrying part substituted. A flange 6 is formed around the member 4 and is-spaced from its end so as to form a chamber 7 which. surrounds the bristle carrying part andwill catch any paint or other material running off the brush when'the same is being use in. overhead work. This mate- 8, 1926. Serial No. 80,086.

12, acts to close the opening in the valve seat when the brush 1s reversed so as to prevent the paint in the hollow handle from flowing back into the stock 4 and through the openings 8. The handle 10 threadedly engages the stem of the stock 4 so that it can be detached and emptied when full of paint.

From the foregoing, itwill be seen that we have provided a paint brush, the handle part of which is formed of metal so that it will last indefinitely and which detachably holds the bristle carrying part in place, so that new bristles can be substituted for the old ones when desired or necessary.

The brush also prevents the painting material from running down the handle on to the hands of the user and from dripping on floors and the like when the brush is being used in overhead work. The aint is caught and held in the handle and t e handle can be emptiedwhenever desired by deing a hollow stock having a flange at its open end forming a chamber, a bristle carrying member detachably held in the open end of the stock, said stock having perforations therein placing its interior in communication with the chamber, a hollow handle connected with the stock and a valve for reventing the paint material from passing rom the hollow handle from the stock when the brush is reversed.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

VERNON G. ERICKSON. CLARENCE A. GOODBAUDY. 

